Re: [sdcc-devel] SDCC 2.8.0 Release Candidate 2

And installing RC2b with 2.7.0 pre-installed went ok
too. It did not ask for a reboot and left the path in
place. And finally the uninstall was complete too.
Congratulations.
> After I cleaned and checked everything you pointed out,
> I installed RC2b. This went fine. Then I uninstalled it
> and that also went fine. Good job.
>
> Now I will try once again with 2.7.0 pre-installed
> because it can be a typical situation.
>
> > Ok, I just uninstalled RC2a and it did not remove the
> > sdcc directory and still had sdcc.url in it. The rest is
> > clean.
> >
> >
> > > Maarten Brock wrote:
> > > > Borut,
> > > >
> > > > I tried anyway with 2.7.0 pre-installed. This time the
> > > > uninstall did not remove the path and RC2a asks to add
> > > > it.
> > > Due to a bug in 2.7.0 setup the path is not removed from autoexec.bat.
> > > The setup always asks to add the path, even if it is already there. In
> > > this case is intelligent enough not to add it once more.
> > >
> > > > Now I only hope that this is not influenced by the
> > > > fact that RC1, RC2 & RC2a all were on the system before
> > > > and maybe one of them left something behind during
> > > > uninstall.
> > > >
> > > > Maarten
> > > >
> > > >
> > > The setup chages the following places on Win98:
> > > - creates the SDCC directory in C:\Program Files
> > > - adds the path to the autoexec.bat, if selected
> > > - adds the SDCC entry to the Start Menu/Programs
> > > - adds the application registry keys:
> > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SDCC]
> > > @="C:\\Program Files\\SDCC"
> > > "VersionMajor"=dword:00000002
> > > "VersionMinor"=dword:00000008
> > > "VersionRevision"=dword:00000000
> > > "VersionBuild"=dword:000013fd
> > > - adds the uninstall registry keys:
> > >
> > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SDCC]
> > > "NSIS:StartMenuDir"="SDCC"
> > > "UninstallString"="C:\Program Files\SDCC\uninstall.exe"
> > > "InstallLocation"="C:\Program Files\SDCC"
> > > "DisplayName"="SDCC"
> > > "Publisher"="sdcc.sourceforge.net"
> > > "URLInfoAbout"="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/";
> > > "HelpLink"="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/";
> > > "URLUpdateInfo"="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/";
> > >
> > > You can check manually if any of this information remained after the
> > > uninstallations.
> > >
> > > I found an other problem with hiding the installer windows during the
> > > uninstallation. I prepared an other version:
> > > http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/snapshots/sdcc-2.8.0-rc2/sdcc-2.8.0-rc2b-setup.exe
> > >
> > > Borut
> > >
> > >
> > > >> Borut,
> > > >>
> > > >> There is a difference. I had RC1 installed and then ran the RC2a setup.
> > > >> It uninstalled RC1 and after copying the new files it only asked for
> > > >> reboot, no request for adding the path (which should not be necessary
> > > >> because it already was in autoexec.bat). It removed the path however and
> > > >> thus required the reboot I guess. Still in the end I had no path set.
> > > >>
> > > >> So I reran the RC2a setup to see if it would fix the path for me. This
> > > >> time it does ask to add it and now I do see it in autoexec.bat. So it
> > > >> only works after double-install.
> > > >>
> > > >> Now my question is: could something be wrong in RC1 that causes this and
> > > >> should I retry with 2.7.0 installed first?
> > > >>
> > > >> Maarten
>
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